A starboard bow view of the battleship Irresistible (1898) afloat in Chatham Reach, River Medway, immediately after her launch from No. 7 Covered Slip in Chatham Dockyard.

A starboard bow view of the battleship Irresistible (1898) afloat in Chatham Reach, River Medway, immediately after her launch from No. 7 Covered Slip in Chatham Dockyard. An anchor is suspended from her starboard forward hawse. Dockyard men in rowing boats are collecting tallow in the foreground. A note on the negative says the photographer is using Camera A.

Object Details

ID: N18720
Type: Glass plate negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Adams, Edgar Tarry
Vessels: Irresistible (1898)
Date made: 15 December 1898
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London, Adams Collection
Measurements: Overall: 82 mm x 107 mm